Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1998 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Televisión Española (TVE) | |||
| Country |  Spain | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 5 March 1998 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Mikel Herzog | |||
| Selected song | "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 16th, 21 points | |||
| Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?", composed by Adolfo Estébanez, with lyrics by Mikel Herzog, and performed by Herzog himself. The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), selected internally both the song and the performer.[1]
Before Eurovision
[edit]In order to select its entry for the 1998 contest, Televisión Española (TVE) held an internal selection. Ultimately, the song "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" performed by Mikel Herzog was selected. It was announced as the Spanish entry on 5 March 1998.[1]
At Eurovision
[edit]Heading into the final of the contest, BBC reported that bookmakers ranked the entry joint 20th out of the 25 entries.[2] Herzog performed fourth in the running order, following France and preceding Switzerland. He received 21 points for his performance, coming 16th.[3] Spain originally gave its 12 points to Israel and 10 to Norway. After the broadcast it was announced that the Spanish broadcaster had wrongly tallied the votes and Germany should have received 12 points instead of zero, as shown during the broadcast. The mistake was corrected and thus Germany received the 12 points. Israel and Norway both received 2 points less than originally and Croatia, Malta, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia and Turkey all received one point less than indicated during the broadcast.
Voting
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| Score | Country |
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| 12 points |  Malta
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| 10 points |  Croatia
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| 8 points |  Cyprus
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| 7 points |  Portugal
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| 6 points |  Belgium
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| 5 points |  Poland
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| 4 points |  United Kingdom
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| 3 points |  Sweden
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| 2 points |  Ireland
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| 1 point |  Netherlands
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "MIKEL HERZOG IRÁ A EUROVISIÓN". El País (in Spanish). 5 March 1998. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ "The bookies' favourites". BBC News. 8 May 1998. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Birmingham 1998". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Backup jury score 1998".